Despite wins at film festivals, co-directors of ‘Kim Min-young of the Report Card’ anxious about commercial release

The new film hit local theaters Wednesday.

Korean zombies on a train “Train to Busan” directed by Yeon Sang-ho was the first movie to attract more than 10 million viewers at local theaters. The total number of tickets sold was 11,565,479. Yeon’s apocalyptic thriller starts with the story of fund manager Seok-wu (Gong Yoo) who is struggling with a demanding job. After separating from his wife, he also has a hard time connecting with his ...

Since “Confidential Assignment 2: International" is Korean top star Hyun Bin’s first film that he is presenting to the public since he exchanged nuptials with Son Ye-jin, lots of questions about their newlywed life were posed during a group interview with local reporters on Thursday via Zoom. While trying to keep most of their personal life private -- he feels being married and becoming a father...

The session was hosted by director and actor Yoo Ji-tae and many directors, writers and lawmakers, including Park Hong-keun, Hong Ik-pyo and Do Jong-hwan, who joined the event in the audience. “This law reminded me of the time when I finished making my first and second film, which were not successful. I was working on ‘War of the Arrows.’ At the time, my previous films were aired on cable channe...

The production company has confirmed that Australian actor Rebel Wilson and American actor Charles Melton will appear in the film.

Meanwhile, a newly established Youth Eye Award, in which students from Gyeonggi Film Student Association were on the jury, selected Ananta Thitanat’s “Scala” as the winner. The film captures Bangkok’s last surviving independent theater, “Scala,” which closed in July 2020 amid the pandemic. Under the slogan “Pitch Your Dream,” the seven-day festival returned this year with in-person ceremonies an...

The Korean historical epic "Hansan: Rising Dragon" surpassed 7 million admissions Sunday, the movie's local distributor said. The film about Adm. Yi Sun-shin -- one of Korea's most celebrated legendary admirals -- hit the milestone in the afternoon, Lotte Entertainment said. The second installment of director Kim Han-min's trilogy talks about the famous Battle of Hansan Island on the southern c...

A spinoff series of action-packed Korean thriller “Deliver Us From Evil’ will start production in 2023, according to the local production firm of the original film, Hive Media Corp. The new TV series titled “Ray,” being created for a streaming platform, will be produced alongside Artist Studio, a production company known for works like Netflix series “The Silent Sea” and actor Lee Jung-jae’s dir...

Bullet Train (US) Opened Aug. 24 Action Directed by David Leitch In Tokyo, grieving father Yuichi Kimura (Andrew Koji) seeks revenge after a mysterious person pushes his son off a rooftop. Meanwhile, Ladybug (Brad Pitt), a down-on-his-luck assassin, is on a mission to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Kyoto. While on his mission, he discovers other assassins on boa...

Leading voices in the Korean film industry will gather at the National Assembly Members’ Office Building on Wednesday to seek their rights as content creators, the Directors Guild of Korea said Friday. Five acclaimed directors will discuss the issue of revising the Copyright Act, and call for fair remuneration and guarantee of directors’ rights, the statement said. The current copyright law sti...

Films screening at the “Korea Cinema Today-Vision” section of BIFF Yoo Ji-young’s “Birth” captures the story of a couple who faces conflicts arising from an unexpected pregnancy. Byun Sung-bin’s comedy “Peafowl” focuses on a raucous day of a transgender dancer during his visit to his conservative hometown. Lee Ha-ram’s “Beyond” is a playful yet eccentric story about a poor boy who follows a ma...

Singer-turned-actor Lee Jung-hyun said her new thriller “Limit,” directed by Lee Seung-joon, is similar to “Taken,” the hit Hollywood film about a former spy who goes to great lengths to find his kidnapped teenage daughter. But unlike “Taken,” the action film features a mother and a female villain as the main characters. “We hoped to create a Korean version of ‘Taken’” that features a mother as ...